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Salt deposits and moisture threaten to destroy the Mohenjo-Daro excavation in Pakistan, the site of an ancient civilization that flourished at the same time as the civilizations in the Nile delta and the river valleys of the Tigris and Euphrates.

(A) that flourished at the same time as the civilizations(B) that had flourished at the same time as had the civilizations(C) that flourished at the same time those had(D) flourishing at the same time as those did (E) flourishing at the same time as those were

Salt deposits and moisture threaten to destroy the Mohenjo-Daro excavation in Pakistan, the site of an ancient civilization that flourished at the same time when the civilizations in the Nile delta and the river valleys of the Tigris and Euphrates did.

Salt deposits and moisture threaten to destroy the Mohenjo-Daro excavation in Pakistan, the site of an ancient civilization that flourished at the same time when the civilizations in the Nile delta and the river valleys of the Tigris and Euphrates did.

- Brajesh

My take is that we can certainly use WHEN except that as used above - AT THE SAME TIME and WHEN become redundant because they mean the same thing.

In other words, we should say - that flourished WHEN the civilizations in the Nile and delta etc.... did.

He met with an accident when he was in America.

He met with an accident (at the same time) when he was in america (redundant usage).

Salt deposits and moisture threaten to destroy the Mohenjo-Daro excavation in Pakistan, the site of an ancient civilization that flourished at the same time when the civilizations in the Nile delta and the river valleys of the Tigris and Euphrates did.

- Brajesh

My take is that we can certainly use WHEN except that as used above - AT THE SAME TIME and WHEN become redundant because they mean the same thing.

In other words, we should say - that flourished WHEN the civilizations in the Nile and delta etc.... did.

He met with an accident when he was in America.

He met with an accident (at the same time) when he was in america (redundant usage).

Thanks dwivedys.
In your second example, can we replace "when" by "as" and keeping "at the same time" intact?

Or can you please provide some other example for the following construction:

I really saw no problem in A - but now that you guys mention it, it does seem as if it's missing the DID.

In most questions,'did' and 'do' are omitted in the second part of the question...another example is the 'meat of livestock' question posted recently...that also misses the 'do' in the right choice.

But I think,this is done to ensure brevity although the comparison does get altered...the only way out is to search other errors in such questions.

The same thought about the missing DID occured to me when I was practicising some other SC questions today. This question has been bothering me for days now.

God!! How I hate English. Would it have killed the testers to put a DID there?

Salt deposits and moisture threaten to destroy the Mohenjo-Daro excavation in Pakistan, the site of an ancient civilization that flourished at the same time as the civilizations in the Nile delta and the river valleys of the Tigris and Euphrates DID.

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Salt deposits and moisture threaten to destroy the Mohenjo-Daro excavation in Pakistan, the site of an ancient civilization that flourished at the same time as the civilizations in the Nile delta and the river valleys of the Tigris and Euphrates.

Salt deposits and moisture threaten to destroy the Mohenjo-Daro excavation in Pakistan, the site of an ancient civilization that flourished at the same time as the civilizations in the Nile delta and the river valleys of the Tigris and Euphrates.

My answer is B.A - Wrong. Comparison between time with civilization.B - It's correct. Looks awkward, but there is no other choice.C - that flourished at the same time those hadD - flourishing at the same time as those did E - flourishing at the same time as those were

Salt deposits and moisture threaten to destroy the Mohenjo-Daro excavation in Pakistan, the site of an ancient civilization that flourished at the same time as the civilizations in the Nile delta and the river valleys of the Tigris and Euphrates.

A. that flourished at the same time as the civilizations

B. that had flourished at the same time as had the civilizations

C. that flourished at the same time those had

D. flourishing at the same time as those did

E. flourishing at the same time as those were

B is the best answer in the lot. D, E have tense errors and C sounds weirdly (lacking a comparator) and A compares apples with oranges. _________________

Duane doesn't like her but I do (like her).I can't swim very well but Nadira can (swim very well).Janet is British but Juan isn't (British).They didn't go to the cinema but we did (do go to the Cinema).Sandra was worried about the test but Giorgio wasn't (worried about the test).Rafal went to school today but Liang didn't (go to school today)...the site of an ancient civilization that flourished at the same time as (did) the civilizations in the Nile delta and (did) the river valleys of the Tigris and Euphrates.Words in italics can be eliminated without changing the meaning.

B can be ruled out as there is no need of 'had'. (there is no time difference here)A wins.

Salt deposits and moisture threaten to destroy the Mohenjo-Daro excavation in Pakistan, the site of an ancient civilization that flourished at the same time as the civilizations in the Nile delta and the river valleys of the Tigris and Euphrates.

(A) that flourished at the same time as the civilizations(B) that had flourished at the same time as had the civilizations(C) that flourished at the same time that there were with (D) flourishing at the same time as as those did(E) so many changes at once that confronted them in _________________

Every Problem Has a Sloution So keep working AB

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Salt deposits and moisture threatens to destroy the Mohenjo-daro excavation in pakistan,the site of an ancient civilizationthat flourished at the same time as the civilizations in the Nile delta and the river valleysof the tigris and Euphrates

1. that flourished at the same time as the civilizations2. that had flourished at the same time as had the civilizations3. that flourished at the same time that there were with 4. flourishing at the same time as as those did5. so many changes at once that confronted them in

IMO B is the correct answer on this one this question tests comparion structure

the problem areas have been marked in red in the remaining options

what is the OA for this

please let me know if my approach to the question is not correct _________________

1 thing to remember in GMAT is to look for the most conise answers.Option Bhas to many perfec tenses to be correct on the GMAT LAND(as it is called)so generally sentences having to many perfect tenses are wrong......... so B is wrong

vdhawan1 wrote:

apurva1985 wrote:

Salt deposits and moisture threatens to destroy the Mohenjo-daro excavation in pakistan,the site of an ancient civilizationthat flourished at the same time as the civilizations in the Nile delta and the river valleysof the tigris and Euphrates

1. that flourished at the same time as the civilizations2. that had flourished at the same time as had the civilizations3. that flourished at the same time that there were with 4. flourishing at the same time as as those did5. so many changes at once that confronted them in

IMO B is the correct answer on this one this question tests comparion structure

From Elimination, A seems to be the answer.1. that flourished at the same time as the civilizations2. that had flourished at the same time as had the civilizations : Can be ruled out for the improper usage of the perfect tense.3. that flourished at the same time that there were with : Highly unidiomatic.4. flourishing at the same time as as those did : seems as if the process has continued.5. so many changes at once that confronted them in[/quote]

Salt deposits and moisture threaten to destroy the Mohenjo-Koro excavation in Pakistan, the site of an ancient civilization that flourished at the same time as the civilizations in the Nile delta and the river valleys of the Tigris and Euphrates.